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Samuel Atiierton, Who has seen better days. 

Abner IIarwood, Young Barrister. 

Jack Breeze, A colored individual, 

Gertie Adams, An orphan, 

Leonore Morris, A busybody and everybody's friend. 

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ACT I. 

SCENE I. Mr. Atiierton, or as he is more familiarhj known as 
Uncle Sam, is seated c, smoking and reading newspaper. 

Sam. Wall, now if this don't beat all natur' I I never onco 
thought it could be possible for J. Gould or any other human being, 
to swallow a whole railroad. But here it is in black nnd white, and 
the Globe man has interviewed him, and he admits he has gobbled 
up the Baltimore and Ohio entirely. What a miracle, to be sure ! 
But I must sec more about it ! {looking over paper) Hullo ! what's 
this I Avonder, about a Scotch Thistle? Oh, yes, I see now I It's an 
account of the great International Yacht race and Volunteer wins. 
AYall now, I don't know as I should want to match any of our folks 
to build anything to run agin lightning, but for real grit and keen 
wit our true born Yankee boys hain't got their equal on this 'ere 
little globe. 

Enter, Jack, hasUhj, l. 

Jack. Golly mity, Massa ! I tink I mos' broke my shins ober a 
big box sum fool let' right in de path, an' de fnst ting I know out 
come a darn big brack dog. Yo' jes' bet dis chile cut sticks an' run ! 
I jumped right ober dewall inter de road, whar'jit's mighty nigh outer 
'leben feet hio-h, an' wid makin' free fo' leaps I lands at y'o' door 
an' comes right in ter 'scape dat dog. He had hole of me free fo' 
seberal times somewhar beliin' ! {partially turns; examines and finds 
large rent in pants) But now, by goll}^, I'se rescued ! 

Sam. Yes, Jack, you arc rescued sure enough ; for none shall 
ever seek shelter and protection beneath this old roof in vain. 

Jack. Golly, I thot so ! You'se a brick, you is ! I heerd de par- 
son toder day say sumfin' 'bout de milk of human kindness flowin' 
in our bussums. If dat is so I tink yo' mus' be runnin' all ober wid 
it from head to foot. 

Sam. What do you w^ant to flatter me for? Justice needs uo 
praise and should fear no frowns. 

Jack. Golly, massa, you'se gettin' too deep fo' dis nigger, you is! 

Sam. I've just been reading an account of the great yacht race 
between the Yankee Volunteer and Scotch Thistle— but like enough 
that don't interest you. - -• ^. ■ - & 



4 GEM TIE'S VINDICATIOK. 

Jack. "Well, it jes does now, all ober head an' cars ! I'se hung 
roun' do corner store mos' ebry night to hear de white folks talk 
'bout it. An' dat's jes' whar I'se been to-niglit when I had de scrim- 
mage wid de darn ole dog. 

Sam. Wal, here it is ! [reads) "Volunteer wins; Boston's white 
winged beauty takes the first and second race, and the cup remains 
this side the water." 

Jack, (jinnjjs about ivithjoy, claps his hands and attempts to turn a 
summersault\ Well, bress de good Lo'd ! now dat's mos' to good fo' 
any ting in dis world, {imitates hauling ropes) I s'pose dey lef go 
de job downhaul an — an clew down de bob-stay an' out wid de fo' 
peke an — an splice de ma'n brace, an' den zip ! awa' she goes like a 
streak ob grease lightenin' through a gooseberry bush ! 

Enter, Abner, l. 

Ahner. Ah! Jack Breeze, j^ou here? 

Jack. Ya'as, boss, I'se here under very peculiar an' tryin' cir^ 
cumstances, obc:' which dis nigger hab no control. 

Ahner. Ha, ha ! good for you. Jack ! but go back to the office 
now and go to bed, and see that you are up in the morning and 
have the rooms warm. 

^Jack. Golly mighty, yes, boss ! I fly ! I'se nodcr Volunteer, I 
is ! {runs out 

Ahner. And so, uncle, you have an account of the great race? 

Sam. AVal, yes. Gertie went and got me a paper, and I've read 
every word. Gosh all hemlock! wasn't that good enough? 

Ahner. Capital ! but was there any poetry in your paper? 

Sam, No, I reckon not; leastways I ain't seen any. 

Ahner. In the Globe there was a tine piece entitled, "Columbia's 
Ocean Pride." Here it is ! I'll read a vo»'se to you. 

{takes paper from pocket and reads 

"See her proud rival pressing amid the sail flyers, 
Their wings almost touch with two nation's desires; 
"Volunteer is ahead!" shout the crowds on the lea, 
And the shrill whistle screams for the flag of the free. 
Home! Home! how they skim till the journey's completed, 
And our Volunteer's prowess once more is repeated. 
How they crowd roi.nd the victress, and give cheer on cheer, 
Tor Boston's own darling, the brave Volunteer." 

Sam. That's the thing! It does my old heart good when I think 

'twas Yankee brains, Yankee pluck; and Yankee tars that done it. 

But 1 want you to come with me, squire, I've got something to 

show you. {exeunt, r. 

Enter, Gertie, l., sits c. 

Gertie. How weary and fatigued I am feeling to-night. My con- 
stant routine of household cares and duties are Aveighing heavily 
upon me. Born and reared in the lap of luxury, I never knew care 
or sorrow while my dear parents lived. Oh, how much better had 
it been for my dear father had he never listened to the flattering 
tongue of his partner in business and thereby led into reckless spec-| 
ulation, which resulted in financial ruin. Poor father gave up' 
everything to his creditors. Utterly broken down beneath the 
heavy burden, he went down prematurely to his grave, leaving 
mother and I naught but an honest name. We struggZe^ on wifi 



J)6verty as best we could. At lena;tli, completely worn out by care 
and anxiety, my mother too crossed over the cokl river of death, and 
I am an orphan, alone in the world. I sometimes wish that I, too, 
might have gone with them and been at rest. But, no ! I will not 
despair, but try to be content, {looks off l.) Here comes Jjconore 
Morris! She appears to be my friend, but somehow there seems to 
be something about her that I do not like. 

Enter, Leonore Morris, l. 

Leonore. My dear Gertie, how glad I am to see you ! 

Gertie. Thank you I I am always glad to meet a friend. 

Leonore. You can count on me as your friend always. Indeed 
I'd do almost anything for you. 

Gertie. I'm sure I feel very grateful for your kindness. Please 
be seated. (gets chair 

Leonore. (seated) Do you know I've called on purpose to invite 
you to our house to-morrow eve. All the aristocracy will be there, 
and I expect a very nice time. 

Gertie. I thank you kindly, Leonore, but for various reasons I 
do not feel that I can possibly accept your kind invitation. 

Leonore. Well now, really this is too bad ! I had intended to 
introduce you to my set, so that yon might have a chance to make 
an eligible match. 

Gertie. I have no wish, Leonore, to intrude myself into any 
society that holds themselves above me socially. 

Leonore. There's chances to better yourself, and I should think 
you would only be too glad to avail yourself of some one of them. 

Gertie, Evidently you do not consider the position I occupy here as 
housekeeper for the kind old gentleman, Mr. Samuel Atherton. 
True, there's nothing dishonorable about it, and it affords me ample 
means of subsistance. My birth and parentage were of the very 
best; for them never a blush of shame will mantle my cheek. 

Leonore. I so much wanted to show you the young man I intend 
to marry. 

Gertie. Indeed ! I did not know that you were engaged. 

Leonore. I did not say that I was, bur probably shall be before 
very long, as I intend to have Mr. Abner Harwood propose at his 
earliest convenience. 

Gertie. Excuse me, but it seems to me it would be the better way 
to allow the young man to freely make his own choice. 

Leonore. Well now. Miss Modesty, do you think I am fool enou^-h 
to let so eligible a chance as this slip through my lingers ? Xo, no ! 
I dare say if you thought you had the least possible chance, you 
'would resort to any means to catch him yourself. 

Gertie. Kever, never ! Far sooner would I wander from (?oor to 
door and humbly beg for a crust of bread to sustain life. 

Leonore. (rising) Enough ! We are friends no longer I 1 have 
the honor to wish you a very good evening, Miss Modesty ! 

(exit, hastily, -R., then looks cautiously in 

Gertie. What have I done ? Alas ! I fear I have made an enemy 
of her. I will call her back and apologize! (goes toward n., and 
stops) "No, I will not, for I have not done or said anything wrono-; 
so she can go, and I will trust the result. '^ 



t GEBTIE'S VINDICATION 

Enter, Abnek Harwood, l, 

Ahner. Ah! Good evening-, Miss Adams. I hope a few moments 
call will not he disagrceahle to you. 

Gertie. Not in the least. I am feeling rather lonely and discon- 
solate to-night. 

Ahner. I am sorry, indeed I am, to find you tlius dejected, and 
will gladly do anything to make you cheerful and happy. 

Gertie. I thank you'kindly, but suppose I must contfnue to plod 
on in the rough journey of life, friendless, unaided and alone. 

Abner, Pardon me, Miss Gertie, but yonr sorrow has cansed mo 
to feel a very deep interest in you ; and I feel sure you will forgive 
me if I speak jDlainly. 

Gertie. Most assuredly. 

Abner. I have met many ladies, young and fair. I respect them 
all, but never until you crossed my path of life, did I ever meet one 
that awoke the slumbering affections of my heart as you have done. 
I will not promise you, like Claude Melnotte, "a palace lifting to 
eternal summer it's marble walls from out a glossy bower of coolest 
foliage, musical with birds,'' but I will promise to you a true heart, 
with love and affection to anticipate your every wish. 

Gertie. But, Mr. Ilarwood, this is all so premature and un- 
thought of by me. 

Abner. I freely admit it may seem so to you, but have I not 
known you for the last year ? And have I not, in the presence of 
Mr. Atherton, heard the story of your life from your own lips? 

Gertie. All that may be, but it's all so unexpected to me. Un- 
used as I am to society, I might not come fully up to your expecta- 
tions. 

Abner. Never fear; just act your own dear self, and in my esti- 
mation you will be the brightest star in the whole galaxy of our 
fashionable society. 

Gertie. I see how it is ! You will not listen to any objections I 
may make, so I suppose I must tell you as you lawyers do your 
clients, "that I will take the subject under consideration, and let you 
know at my earliest convenience." 

Abner. Thanks ! About what time ? Say to-morrow. 

Gertie. I might not find time to look up all the evidence in so 
short a time, but will do the best I can. 

Abner. Good; but there's one thing we lawyers never forget to 
ask for. 

Gertie, And pray what is that? 

Abner. A retainer. It's very important, you know. 

Gertie. I guess your meaning and {laughinrj) I suppose you 
"Will not take the case without it. {extends her hand which he kisses 

Abner. {takes his hat from table) With your permission I will 
call again to-morrow night. Please be merciful in j^our decision. 
Good night I 

Gertie. Good night ! Love conquers all things, you know. 

Abner. What could I hope or wish for more ? 

{kisses her; exit, c. 

Gertie. Of all things that ever occurred during my life, this is 
the most surprising! iexit, l. 



GEHTIE'S VINDICATION. tl* 

Enter, e., Leonore, loJio Jias been listening unobserved to all Abner 
and Gertie have said. 

Leonore. Oli, the wretches ! I believe I could throttle them Itotli! 
If I coiilJ only involve her in some crime, before his own eyes, then 
I shonld be happy. But how shall it be done? (meditating) Good! 
I think I have it! I will go to Uncle Sam's room and abstract one 
or more of his bonds and secrete them in somethtng that belongs to 
her. (looks off r.) The coast is clear! Uncle Sam is soundly 
sleeping. Now then, silence and celerity befriend me and we will 
see if "love conquers all things." (goes out cautiously, r, 

Be-enter, Leois'ORE, r. Katy loolcs in l., sees Leonore, and listens. 

Leonore. There ! I have taken two or three bonds from Uncle 
Sam's desk, and, as fortune favored me, I found Gertie's travelling 
bag and lost but little time in thrusting them inside of it. The old 
man will miss them, searcli will be made, and they will be found 
among Gertie's elfects. What evidence can possibly be more con- 
clusive ! And then, ah! then we shall see what Mr. Abner will do 
about it. Methinks it will be a long day before he will repeat his 
love tale in the willing ears of that innocent adventurer, the orphan 
Gertie! (Jh! revenge I revenge is sweet! {exitjH, 

Enter, Katy, l. 

Kaly. By the powers of Killarney ! If this don't bate all I've 
iver seen or known entirely, so it do ! Shtoj) a bit now and let me 
see ! Did I understhand the wdiole rigmarole that avil minded gal 
was saying so important-loike all alone to hersilf ? An sure now she 
'lowed she'd bin staling Uncle Sam's bonds and hiding 'cm some- 
where among Miss Gertie's things — and all for some avil purj)Ose 
loikes — I don't jist understhand all her blab. But Katj^ won't forget 
she was up to some diviltiy, shnrc ! Do ye moind that now? 

{exit L. 
SCENE II.— Same as Scene 1st. 

Enter, Uncle Sam and Abner, r. 

Abner. Did you know, uncle, that to relieve the stringency of 
the money market, the secretary of the treasury has made a call for 
a certain class of U. S. bonds, and, if I remember rightly, yours 
come under the call. 

Sam. I want to know ! Wal, I'll go and bring them in a jiffy — 
you know I told you I wanted you to look after them for me. 

{exit, R. 

Abner. Honest old soul, that ! I wish we had more of them to 
bless our community. But that would utterly ruin my calling. 

He-enter, Sam, r., loith bundle of papers. 

Sam. There they are, squire ! Look them over to see if they are 
all right. 

Abner. {looking at them and talking) Yes, these all come under 
the call. Let me see ! Here are eight of them for one thousand 
dollars each. 

Sam. Eight? Count them again, squire, there ought to jbeteu* 



3 GEBTIE'S VlNDICATIOn. 

Abner. (counting') One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight — 
there certainly are but eight. 

,Sam. ^Vl\l now, that heats all nature ! I certainly had ten ! 

Abner. And you have made no disposition of the two? 

Sam. ]Sro. 

Abner. Has any person or persons had access to j^our room? 

Sam. ISTobody that I know of except Gertie. 

Abner. (aside) This reminds me that Miss JNIorris told me to keep 
a good look out for her. {aloud) They could not have been mislaid, 
E suppose? 

Sam. Oh, no! I had them all tied up together and put in my 
desk. 

Abner. Do you suppose Gertie would have taken them ? 

Sam. Kever ! You must be crazy to think or even dream of such 
a thing ! Why, she's just as honest as mortal can be ! 

Abner. We don't always know. 

Sam. (excited) Wal, 1 just make out to know about that air gal, 
and I don't want you to surmise any sich thing; because Satan him- 
self couldn't put me agin her ! 

Abner. It seems useless to talk about it. Suppose we make a 
search for them. Is Gertie in? 

Sam. No, she's gone over to help a sick neighbor this afternoon. 

Abner. So much the better. You can search your own premises 
without a warrant. 

Sam. Wal, we'll go ! (exit both, k. 

Enter, Katy and Leonoee, l., in street dress. 

Katy. Och, whist yer blarney now ! D'ye think ye're going to 
make me disbelave Avhat I see wid me own eyes, an hear wid me 
own ears? Not much, I guess not! Ye don't know Katy Aylward 
if ye think the loikes or that of her. 

Leonore. Certainly not, Katie ! I was only saying you were a 
girl of too good sense to make public any such trifling atfair, espec- 
ially as it does not at all concern the public. 

Katy. Trifling aff'air, is it? to stale somebody's paper or bonds or 
something of the loikes, and hide tiiini away wid some other body's 
things? 1 calls it no trifling aftair, but a rale mean, dirty piece ot 
work, so I do ! 

Leonore. Oh, well, we won't saj^ anything more about it. You 
probably heard me saying over some of my part in the last play we 
had. That was all there was to it, Katy ! 

Katy. It might be! (aside) But I still think it was a )-ale, dape 
earnest part she was playing to ruin Miss Gertie, (aloud) Well, 
good day ! I must go to me home now. Don't be alarmed ! Katy 
won't do or say anything wrong, not if she knows it! she Avon't, 
indade ! 

Leonore. Thank you ! Good night ; but remember, Katj^, it was 
nothing but the play, you know! (exit, Katy, l. 

Enter, Sam and Abxer, r. 

Sam. (excitedly) And so, as I was saying, squire, it can't \jg 
possible! Hullo, company! 

Leonore. Excuse me, but I've been almost everywhere looking 
for you, Mr. Harwood. Father wishes to see you in relation to a 
case he has in court. 



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aEBTiE^s Vindication. d 

Ahner. TJmnk j'oii ! Tell him I will be tliere within an hour 

Leonore. You can't go now, then ? Oh, I see how it is ! You 
must stop and take leave'^of Miss Gertie. She told me not an hour 
ago tlmt slie was going awa}^ ; that she had ample means of suhsist- 
anee without making a slave of herself here. 

Abner. Indeed ! 

Leonore. Well, au revoir! I suppose I shall see you shortly at 
our home. {exit, l. 

Abner. Well, uncle, the evidence is conclusive, is it not? 

Sam. No, 'tis not! I tell you there's something wrong here ! 
Gertie never done it. 

Abner. It's indeed hard and cruel for me to think so. But what 
are we to think ? We find the missing bonds among her effects, and 
she tells her friends that she is going away, as she has ample means 
of subsistance. 

Sam, {excited) Fire and furies ! I'm getting desperate, squire, 
but I'll tell you what it is— I'll be darned if I think I'd hardly be- 
lieve that Gertie took 'em knowingly, if she told me so herself! 

Abner. I'm afraid you are too credulous and charitable, uncle. 
{looks off I..) But here she comes herself. Now we will see how 
she will appear. 

Sam. AYal, I'm glad on't; and I'll just bet you a ninepence she 
don't know anything more about it than you or I do. 

Enter, Gertie, l. 

Gertie. Oh, don't you think, uncle — Ah! here is Mr. Harwood! 
Glad to see you, sir! Well, as I was saying, Mrs. Florence seems 
ever so much better to-day. 

Sam. Wal, I'm glad on't. The old woman's been pretty sick, and 
I guess she'd died if it hadn't been for you. 

Gertie. Oh, I haven't done very much for her — not near as much 
as I intend to, with your permission. 

Abner. Then you don't intend to go away? 

Gertie. I go away? {laughing) Well, yes, I suppose I shall go 
away sometime — when my good old friend here gets ready to turn 
me adrift. 

Abner. (aside to Sam) How well she dissembles ! I would not 
have thought it possible in one so apparently innocent and guileless. 

Sam. {aside to Abner) Oh, darn it! I can't stand any more of 
this. You are making a fool of yourself. Squire. I tell you the gal 
is as innocent as an angel and I won't hear another word from you. 

(exit, E. 

Abner. Miss Adams, I believe there comes a time in the lives of 
all men when plain, honest words are best to be spoken. 

Gertie. I believe it best under any circumstances. 

Abner. Y''ou are doubtless well aware of the fact that your kind 
friend and benefactor. Uncle Sam, has a certain number of U. S. 
bonds wdiich he has hitherto kept in his own room ? 

Gertie. No, sir ; I was not aware of that fact. 

Abner. Oh, then you did not know it! And pray, may I ask if 
you knew that a number of them had been lost— shall I say— stolen! 

Gertie. Mr. Harw^ood, what do you mean to insinuate? Do you 
mean to infer that you think me base enough to rob my best friend? 
Why, I am astonished beyond measure ! 

Abner, And so am I ! But the evidence seenis conQlusive 



10 aEHTWs Vindication, 

Gertie. Evidence! What evidence? 

Abner. Why the mipsing bonds were found in your possession! 

Gertie, (indignant) ImpossiblCj sir! Why, I never saw a U. S« 
bond in my life. 

Abner. Do not, I be,2j of you, add perjury to your other crimes. 

Gertie, (angrily) Enough, sir! 1 am not ouHty of any crime. 

Abner. It looks very nuich like it. You tell your friend you are 
goin«: awaj^; the missing bonds are found in your travelling bag, and. 
no other person has had access to Uncle Sam's room. 

Gertie. It is false ! I have not even thought of going away, and 
if any bonds have been found among my eftects, they were placecl 
there by some designing person. 

Abner. Ee assured T did not want to believe it, but facts, you 
know, are stubborn things. 

Gertie. Oh, yes, I dare say! This, then, is your implicit trust 
and confidence in me ; and this your ceaseless love and devotion I 
Do not think to crush me, sir, I am made of sterner stuff! Kow, 
sir, all that remains for me is to say farewell forever. But permit 
me, e'er I go, to assure you, sir, that sometime and somehow in the 
future, in God's own good time, you will know, what I do now most 
solemnly repeat — I am innocent! (impressively 

END OF ACT I 
ACT II. 

SCENE I. — As curtain rises, Uncle Sam is loalking the stage 

Sam. Wal, I can't say I've got over it yet, the way poor Gertie 
was treated ! That rash young lawyer fairly drove her off. There's 
one thing about it — if I'd known she had any idea of going, I'd. 
kept her if I'd had to tie her! And if that rascal had ever put his 
foot inside this house again to insult her, I'd booted him out, I 
would, by jingo ! Blast him ! I don't think half as much of him as 
I did before all this crooked, devilish work, and I never shall again. 
He ought to remember tliat it's better not to know so much than to 
know so many things that ain't so. I have never been happy since 
she went away. 'J'o be sure Katie docs very well in her place, but my 
land, she is so awkward and green, and is always asking, ''av ye 
plaze, sir, shall I do this, that or the other?" Now, there was Ger- 
tie, she knew how to do everything, in fact did everything in her 
power to make everybody about her cheerful and happy. 

Enter, Jack, l. 

Jack. I thought, uncle, yo' might like ter see sumbody if it was 
only a po' niggah. 

Sam. Yes, Jack, I am glad to see you ! How's your master, the 
squire? Gosh darn him ! 

Jack. Oh, he'slive an' kickin'! I— I kinder reckon yo' don al- 
togeder tink bery much ob him. 

^Sam. I guess not, after the way he treated poor Gertie. You tell 
him to come here, I w\ant to see him bad. I'll tell him more com- 
mon sense than he ever knew ; and if he ain't pretty civil I'll give 
him the toe of jny old boot* 



Gl^BTWS VINDICATION'. iX 

Jack. Ya'as, boss, ril tole liim. But I tink he'll bo mighty shy 
how he comes here if he knows what yer say 'bout hhn. Mighty 
little time he has for anyting but jes' ter ten' ter dat Morris gal. 
Golly, (leys thicker dan hasty puddin', dey is ! 
Sam. I want to know if she has caught him at last? 
Jack. Shure as yo's born, boss ! I ain't tellin' yo' no lies. When 
he ain't ober to her house she'll be to de office bodderin' an' foolin' 
roun' all day long. An' toder day she cum ober dar, an' massa,he 
sent me oft" down to Duxbury to fotch up de boss he's had out to 
pasture. He jes' gib me de spondulix ter pay 'spences, an' when I 
got dar I felt awful sharkish. So I jes' went into de big hotel to get 
dinner, an' by mighty ! there I see Miss Gertie waitin' on de table. 
Sam, (astonished) The devil! Did she know you? Did you 
speak to her ? 

Jack. Golly! Ya'as; she knowed me in lessen no time, an' she 
come way roun' whar I was an' spoke to dis chile. De fus' ting she 
wanted to know how yo' was an' how you'se gettin' 'long. 
Sam. Bless her dear heart ! 

Jack. She didn't say one darn Avord 'bout de squar. Made me 
promise ter let her know if yo' was sick anytime, an' — an' — by 
golly ! she made me promise not to let anybody know^ whar she was 
an' here I'se been an' tole yo' almos' 'fore I knowed it! 

Sam. Wal, never mind, Jack, it's all right with me! I must go 
and see about this. {exit, Uncle Sam, l. 

Enter, Katy, e. 
Jack. Hallo, Irishy ! 
Katij. Hallo, nager! 

Jack. You'se complimentary, yo' is ! S'pose I am 
ob dat? Guess my heart is 'bout as white as any Irisher ! 

Katij. Shure now% it's a pity ye couldn't whiten out yer skin ter 
compare wid yer inside fixin's ! {advances playfully toward Jack) 
Now, Jack, I'll tell you truly what ye better be afther doin'. 
Jack. Wal, what is it? 

Katy. Well, jist you be afther gettin' some perline, some soapine 
and some ivorine, rub it all over your body, put on a little whale 
oil to soften it up and then hang yourself out on the clothes line for 
three or four days and nights to blache out loike. 

Jack, {angrily) Golly mighty! Ifyer wasn't a female I'd lay 
ye out to dry, so I would, so you'd lay dar till twenty-seben hun- 
dred an' ninety leben, if Gabul didn't blow his horn 'fore dat time ! 
Katy. Och ! Whist now, Jack, don't be afther gettin' mad ! I 
was marely jokin' wid ye. 

Jack. Jokin', isit? Mebbe den yer was jokin' de udder night 
when I met yo' wid dat big bog trotter an' said, "Dar goes dat dirty 
brack nager," an' he, big fool, was spoutin' way someting 'boiit 
*'po' sufferin' Irelan' !" S'ow why in de debble if Irelan's sufferin' 
so much, don't the Irishmen all pitch right in an' fight it out an' 
git der freedom same's we niggahs had ter under Massa Llnkum. 

Katy. An shure. Jack, you's axed me too much. Indade, shure 
I am if I was a man, I'd be ready at an hour's warnin' to fight fur 
the mother country and aqual rights ! 
Jack. Guess you would, not by a darn sight! 
Katy. Be the holy powers, I would now! I'd shoulder arms, 
{imitating with broom) right shoulder, shift arms, forward march 
and charge bayonets I (hits Jack ivith broom ai ^^ charge bayoneW* 



il QEBTIE^B VINDiCATlOlf. 

Jack. N'ow yo' jes' lookheah ! I'se stood 'bout all de darn non 
sense I'se gwiiie tev from yo\ I'se got jes' one mo' offer I'se gwin 
ter make yo'. 

Katy. Out wid it tliiu and not be aftherkapiug me waitin'. 

Jack. If yo'll dress up smart an' go ■'vid me to de show to-niglit, 
I — I'll gibe yer a new gown, dasher too ! Dat ar' one ye got on is 
too snwill figured, dull color, cheap stuff, an'— an' I don't blebe 'twill 
wash. 

Katy. Away wid ye, ye black debble! 

{hitting him with broom as he goes out, L. 

Enter, Uucle Sam, r. 

Sam. "What's the trouble here, Katy ? 

Katy. And shure that black nager was aftber insultin' me! 

Sain. Served him right if you'd knocked him down! 

Katy. If I'd had a shellalah I'd knocked him down ! 

Sam. He brought me news from Gertie. 

Katy. Indadel And where is the swate crathure? 

Sam. I must not tell. 

Katy. A burnin' shame it was that she was drove off. 

Sam. Eight you are! But by the living jingo! that young 
scamp shall pay for it ! 

Katy. I'm not shure but that I know somewhat about that staling 
business. 

Sam. HoAv so? 

Katy. It was the loikes of this. One day I come to see Gertie, 
but she was not here. Just as I comes in this door that Morris gai 
was jist going into your room, and in a few minutes out she comes. 
I jist sthcpped to the other door so she couldn't see me and thin she 
said the greatest rigmarole all to hersilf 'bout staling your bonds and 
hidin' 'em 'mong Miss Gertie's things, and — and — oh, lots more 
'bout your missing 'em and finding 'cm mong Gertie's things; and — 
I don't know — a hape more of the loikes. 

Sam. Thunder and guns ! Why didn't you tell me of this before? 

Katy. Well, you see it was this way. I saw her aftherwards and 
she tould me she was only saying over part of a play she'd been in. 

Sam. Oh, the base designing hussy ! But she shall pay for it! 
{looks out) Now, Katy, go ; that young devil of a lawyer is coming, 
and I might say things to him that you won't like to hear. 

{exit, Katy, it. 

Enter, Abner, l. 

Ahner. You sent for me, uncle, did you? 

Sam. Don't uncle me ! Yes, I sent for you. I wanted to tell 
you what a mean, dirty piece of business you'd been into. By 
mighty ! 'Twas wicked ! 

Ahner. What do you mean? 

Sam. Mean ? Didn't you drive poor Gertie off? Didn't you say 
she stole my bonds, even after she told you she didn't? You really 
ought to be horse-whipped ! 

Abner. She did steal them. It was only the truth. 

Sam. {angrily) You lie ! and if you tell me that again I'll have 
satisfaction out of your hide I 

Abner, This is impertinence, sir I 



GEBTWS VINDICATION. 13 

Sam. Call it what you like ! It don't hold a candle to your 
devilish work ! Xow just to make you feel real good I'll tell you 
that just as soon as I'm rid of you, I am going to have Lconore Mor- 
ris arrested for stealing my bonds — and I can prove she did it, too! 

Abner. Are you insane? 

Sam. Insane or not, before to-night she'll be occupying a prison 
cell! 

Abner. (aside) What can he mean? 

'Sam. As soon as your charmer is locked up I'm going to bring 
Gertie back to be a lady, and keep Katy to do the work. And when 
I go to my last accounts I shall leave my money to Gertie. 

Abner. {aside) Evidently he has made some discovery or is 
really insane, {aloud) I'll take my leave now, but will see you 
again when you are more reasonable. 

Sam. Good riddance I Go to your Leonore, and if you get there 
before I do, tell her to look out for the officer, for I swear to you 
he'll be there within an hour ! (exit, Abner l.) Gosh all hemlock ! 
I'll fix his flint for him, all fired quick, too I (exit, k. 

Enter, Jack, r. 

Jack. Fo' mighty sake! what am gwine on? Met Uncle Sam 
runnin' like de beiy debble ! I hollered at him, didn't take bit ob 
notice on me. 'Specs he's got kinder loony like. Hope he won't go 
an' frow himself inter de riber. He's been kinder kranky eber since 
Gertie went away. Golly, she'll be back pooty soon ! Ole man's 
sent fo' her ter come right off-suah ! 

Enter, Katy, r. 

Katij. Top av the mornin' to ye. Master Jack ! Come yez in pace 
or come yez in war? 

Jack. Not much ! I'se come to fin' de squar', but don' seem tcr 
foun' him ! 

Katy. He was jist afther laving awhile ago. 

Jack. I'll go bobbin' roun' ; 'spec mebbe I foun' him somewhar! 

Katij. Say, Jack, are you going to the show ? 

Jack. None yer darn business ! Un'erstan' dat? (exit u. 

Katy. The nager's mad ! Well, small odds to me onnyhow ! 

Enter, Gertie, l., with loraps on. 

Gertie. Why, Katy, how do j^ou do? {shakes hands) I'm glad 
to see you ! 

Katy. Faith now, it's glad I am to see yez ! 

Gertie. Where is Mr. Atherton ? And how is he? 

Katy. He's jist afther going out somewhere an hour ago. 

Gertie. He sent for me in haste. I thought he was sfck. Well 
I'll step into the other room and lay off my things. (exit l. ' 

Katy. Bless her dear heart ! She's just as purty and good as iver ! 
If we have any angels on airth she is one, shure ! 

He-enter y Gertie, l. 

Gertie. How familiar everything looks in the dear old room. 
Katy. Do yez know Uncle Sam must have iveiy blissed thino* 
kipt exactly as ye left it. * 



U GEBTIE'iS VINDICATION. 

Gertie. Dear, kind old mjin, isn't he, Katie? 
Katy. Indade he is, now ! I iiiver knew his aqual. Ah ! here h( 
comes his own silf ! 

Enter, Uncle Sam, r., rather overcome to see Gertie. 

Gertie, {advances and takes his hand) Dear uncle, how glad J 
am to see you ! 

Sam. Oh, Gertie ! 1 am thankful that I've lived to sec this day, 
and to see your honor completely vindicated. Why, I could almost 
dance and shout for joy. The spirit is willing but the tarnal flesh is 
weak. 

Katij. I think I'll he afther laving before I get overwhelmed 
nitirely. {exit, l. 

Gertie. Vindicated ! Can it be possible ? But how ? 

Sam. Wal, you see, Katie told me only this morning what she 
lieard Leonore Morris say in this very room. I've just been and had 
her arrested for stealing my bonds. She was, oh, so haughty at 
first, but when she got to the station, she broke down conipletely 
and made a full confession of everything. 

Gertie. Heaven be i^raised ! 1 felt assured that sometime a mer- 
ciful providence would not fail to reward honest virtue and punish 
vice. But please, uncle, do not punish her too severel3^ She is 
young and thoughtless. 

Sam. She is in the hands of the law. That hot-headed young 
lawyer was the prize she was playing, for and I suj^posc she came 
awful near getting him too I 

Gertie. Indeed"! 

Sam. {persuasively) Gertie, if he comes coaxing round you 
again I should advise you to be about as cool as an iceberg in zero 
weather. 

Enter, Jack, l. 

Jack. Well, bress de Lawd ! How is you, Miss Gertie? 

( business 

Gertie. Quite well. Jack, and you are looking well, 

Jack. Fus' time in my life a white angel eber tole dis niggah he 
looked well. Golly! I mos' forgot what I come fo'. {scratches his 
head) I hab 'em ! Squar sent me to sec if you'd 'low him ter call 
an' see yo', uncle? 

Sam. Wal, yes, he can come, but if he ain't civil, I'll choke him ! 

Jack. Tink he won't trubble yo' ! He's all broke up dis day. 

{exit, Jack, l. 

Gertie. I don't want to see him now, uncle. 

Sam. I don't want you to see him at all, unless he's met with a 
change of heart. 

Gertie. Then I will go and have a talk with Katie. {exit, l. 

Sam, ;Now we will see how Mr. Importance will take and feel. 
'Taint no use talking, there's no one man knows it all. It made me 
so mad to hear him talk. I couldn't tell him one single thing. And 
now he's got to take it all hack or I'll never have anything more to 
do with him. 

Enter, Abnee, l. 

Ahner. I've come, uncle, to humbly beg your parnon for all tUe 
<irouW9 1 Uave ^ausetl yoi% 



GERTIE'S vindication: IB 

Sam, You've done wrong, squire, devilish wrong, and I told you 
so all the time. 

Abner. I know it now and am sony, and will do anything in my 
power to make ample reparation. 

Sam. If you are really sorry for what you have done, and will 
make suitable apologies to Gertie, I'll overlook it this time. But, hy 
the living jingo! if you ever insult that girl again, I'll thrash you 
within an inch of your life, if I'm able to do it ! 

:r Abner. IN"ever fear, uncle, experience has taught me a valuable 
lesson, and I shall not fail to protit by it. Jack tells me that Gertie 
is here. Could I see her for a few moments ? 

Sam. Wal, I don't know whether she will see you or not. I'll 
ask her ! (going l., then turns) Now, if she does consent to see you, 
mind, young man, what you are about! (exit, Uncle Sam, l. 

Abner. I very much regret the part I've played in this blunder- 
ing affair, but even now I can say I was honest. The whole thing 
only proves to my mind that circumstantial evidence, however 
l^lain, is not always to be relied on. 

Enter, Gektie, l., loith dignity. 

— Your i^ardon. Miss Gertie, but I'm delighted to see you! 

{extends his hand, which she does not take 

Gertie. Miss Adam, if you please. Excuse me, sir, but after all 
that has passed I cannot feel justified in taking your hand even in 
friendship. 

Abner. Pardon me, I meant no offense. What is past, is past; 
but surely there's a future left to all men who have the virtue to re- 
pent or the energy to atone. To err is human : to forgive, is divine. 

Gertie. You should not have been so hasty. 

Abner. That I freely admit, but appearances were against you, 
and I, not knowing your true worth and honesty, believed all. That 
was my one grievous fault, for which I do most|bitterly reiDent and 
for which I hope to atone \>y a lifetime of true devotion. 

Gertie. What assurance have I, sir, should I freely forgive you, 
that you would not with the first foul breath of calumny that might 
reach your ears, rudely cast me off again. 

Abner. By all my brightest hopes here or hereafter, I swear to 
you on my bended knee {kneels) eternal trust, devotion and love. 

Gertie. Enough, sir; I believe and forgive you. 

Enter, Uncle Sam, l. Abner rises, 

Sam. So do I ! {takes his hand) As I was coming in I heard 
what you just said. The right stuff is in you after all. But let me 
tell you that for all coming time, don't you ever doubt one single 
word that dear girl tells you. 

Abner. Never a single word, uncle ! 

Sam. I should not have come in now, but Leonore Morris is 
coming here to plead with us for mercy. 

Gertie. Oh, admit her, please, uncle ! 

Sam. Wal, just as you say ! 

Enter, Jack, r. 

Jack, (bows) Ladies an» gemmans, Miss Morris is at de door, an' 
wants ter know, can she com© in. 



ie GEBTW8 VINDICATION, 

Sam, Show her in, Jack! 

Jack, {at door) Right clis way, missus ! 

Enter, Leonore, r., kneels to Gertie, 

Leonore. Gertie, can you ever forgive me for tlie cruel wrong I 
have done you ? 

Gertie, {takes her hy the hand and raises her) Freely, Leonore, 
freely. 

Leonore. {turns to Abner) And you, sir; most sincerely do I 
regret having so basely deceived you. 

Abner. Say no more. I forgive you as I hope to be forgiven. 

Leonore. {takes Uncle Sam's ha7id) Dear kind old man, please 
do a noble act and forgive a i)oor, weak girl. 

Sam. l:^ot another word ! I won't appear against you in court. 
Let him that is without sin cast the first stone. Go in peace and sin 
no more. 

Leonore. I thank you all. If I live, my life's best efforts shall 
prove to you how well I thank you. (exit, l. 

Jack. Golly mighty ! Dis am mos' too much fo' dis niggah ! 

{covers his face with his cap 

Enter, Katy, r. 

Katy. Av yez plnze, sir, supper is all waitin'. 

Sam. Lay tlie table for all present. But stay one moment. Wc 
all wish to thank you, Katie, for your goodness and honesty. 

Katy. Don't mention it at all, at all. I've done only my duty. 

Sam. Wal, since all our unhappy differences have been so amica- 
bly settled, let's forget the unhappy past and live only for the bliss- 
ful future. 

Abner. Agreed! Bat first, there's a little question that we our 
friends must ask, and Gertie, you'll oblige me if you'll perform the 
task, 

Gertie. Have our humble efforts pleased you ? (to audience) If so, 
why then we are content, with every indication that you approve 
our best intent for "Gertie's Vindication." 

Arrangement of Characters, 

R. L. 

Katy. Sam, Gertie Abner. "" Jack, 



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FARCES CONTINUED. 

Deuce is in Him 6 

Did I Dream it. 4 

Domcftic Felioity 1 

Dutch Prize Fii,-hter« 3 

Dutcby vs. Nigger 3 

Eh? Wuat Did You S.ay 3 

Everybody Astonished 4 

Fooling with the Wrong Man 2 1 
Freezing a Mothw-in-Law... 2 1 

Fun in a Post Olhce 4 

Family Discipline 

Goose with the (lolden Eggs.. 5 

GiveMcxAlv Wife 3 

Hans, tbo Dutch J. P 3 

Hash 4 

H. M. S. Plum 1 

How Sister Paxey got her 

Child Bnptiz'd 2 

How 8he has Own Way 1 

How He Popped the Quest'n. 1 

How to Tame M-in-Law 4 

How Stout Vour Getting 5 

In tht^ Wrong Box 3 

In the Wrong Clothes 5 

John Smith 5 

Junabo Jum 4 

Killing Time 1 

Kittie's Wedding Cake 1 

Lick Skillet Wedding 2 

Ijiudorbach's Little Surprise 3 

Ludgings for Two 3 

Matrimonial Bliss 1 

Match i'ora Mother-in-Law., 2 

More Blunders than one .'. 4 

Mother's Fool 6 

]\Ir. and iMrs. Pringle 7 

Mr. Hudscm's Tiger Hunt 1 

My Heart's in Highlands 4 

-My Precious Betsey 4 

My Turn Next 4 

M. Wife's Relations 4 



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My Day and Now-a-Days 1 

Obedience 1 2 

On tli3 Sly 3 2 

Paddy Miles' Boy 5 2 

Paten* Washing xMnchine 4 1 

Persecuted Dutchman .*... 6 3 

PoorPilicody 2 3 

Quiet Family 4 4 

Rough Diamond 4 3 

Ripples r, 2 

Schiiap? 1 1 

Sewing Circle of Period 5 

S. H. A.M. Pinafore 3 3 

Somebody's Nobody 3 2 

Stajre Struck Yankee 4 2 

Taking the Census 1 1 

That .Mvslorious B'dle 2 2 

T:)e ;5ewir<hed Closet 5 2 

The (.'iKiirette 4 2 

The Coming Man 3 1 

Turn Him Out 3 2 

The Sham Prof;:ssor 4 

The Two T. J's 4 2 



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204 
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Thirty-three Next Birthday.. 4 2 

Tit lor Tat 2 1 

Vermont Wool Dealer ^. 5 3 

>Vanted a Husband „ 2 1 

Wiien Women AVeep >. 3 2 

Wooing Under Difficulties 5 3 

Uhichwiilhe Marry 2 8 

Widower's Trials ^ 4 5 

Waku.g Him Up 1 2 

Why they Joined the Re- 
beccas ^ ^ 4 

Yankee Duelist 3 1 

Ya:ikee Peddler 7 3 

ETHIOPIAN FARCES. 

Academy of Stars 6 

An Unhappy Pair „ 1 1 

Biaek Shoemaker 4 2 

Black Statue ^... 4 2 

Colored Senators 3 

Chops ^ „ 3 

Cuff's Luck ^ . 2 1 

Crimps Trip \\ 5 9 

Fetter Lane to Gravesend 2 

Hamlet the Dainty 6 1 

Haunted House 2 

Handy Andy _ 2 

Hyi)ochondriao The 2 

Joe's Vist .....„...„ 2 1 

Mischievous Nigger 4 2 

Jlusical Darkey 2 

No Cure No Pay 3 

Not as Deaf as He Seems 8 

Old Dad's Cabin 2 

OldPompey , I 

Other People's Children.*..'."...! 3 

Pomp's Pranks ^ 2 

Quarrelsome Servants 3 

Rooms to Let „.^ 2 

School '^ 5 

Seeing Posting... .',."3 3 

Sham Doctor „. 3 

16,000 Years Ago 3 

Sport with aSi)ortsman 2 



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Stage Strucjt i)ark^y7.T.....!!~! 2 1 
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Slocks Up, Stocks Down 2 

Tliat Boy Sam > 3 

The Select School 5 

The Popcorn Man 3 

The Studio 3 



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Those Awful Boys... 

Twain's Dodging 

Tricks ^ 5 

Uncle Jelf „ ' 5 

U.S. Mail __2 2 

Vice Versa 3 1 

Vilikcns and- Dinah 4 1 

Virginia Muii my 6 1 

Wiio Stole th« Chickens 1 1 

William Tell 4 

Wig-Maker and irisServanteS 
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temperance drama, in 3 acts, by Lizzie M. Elwjn, author of "Millie, the Quadiotm." 
9 males, 5 females. This is the most popular temi)erance play written since "Turn 
of the Tide" was published. Characters all equally good: two negro character?. 
Ebony and Hapzibah, which are immense, and keeps an audience in a continuous up- 
roar. Costumes, modern. Time, 2 hours. 

255. Gertie's Vindication. A domestic drama, in 2 acts, by (t IL Pierce. 
.3 males, 3 females. A thoroughly good moral play, showing the truth of the old say- 
ing, "Honesty is the best policy." Jack, the negro, and Katy, the Irish girl, are 
both exceedingly, good and will keep an audience convulsed with laughter. Cos- 
tumes, modern. Time, one and one-half hours. 

256. Midnight Colic. A sketch in one scene, by D. E. AUyn. 2 male?, 
1 female. A most laughable sketch that will please every one. Time of production, 
thirty minutes. 

257. Caught in the Act. Comedy in 3 acts, by Newton Chisnell. 7 
males, 3 females. This comedy is a favorite in the i)rofession, and will tike well 
withamatiiers— is full of fun, dialogue is sparkling— not a dull speech from begin- 
ning to end. Time of production is about 2 hours. 

MILLIE; THE QUADROON, a 

new Drama, just published from the author's 
orignial manuscript, it is immense, and will 
give the best of satisfaction to an audience. 
The scene is laid in the south before slavery- 
was abolished. The play is very much after 
the style of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Send for 
a copy. Only 15 cents. 



MIDNIGHT COLIC. a Laughable 
Sketch in one scene. This Sketch with Millie; 
the Quadroon, will make an evening's enter- 
tainment that will please anyaudience. 15c. 




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